The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-15
PERSONAL.

THE Thakore of Morvi carries back to India
the skin of a bear which he killed in Manitoba
THE latest hobby of the the Duke of Argyll is
the American startling. His country seat is said
TO Iii erally sN arm with species of this pluc XIV
hardy warbler.
Spies last week wrote her signature in the an
tograph album OF a Muncie, Ind, man. She
wrote Nina Spies.
CONGRESSMAN W. L. SCoTT's horses have won
S2j0 worth Of stakes ard purses for him on
the Eastern racing circuit this season They
have paid their way and left balance to the
good.
MAJOR TUCKER, the commander of the de-
tachment of the Salvation Army that has lust
Invaded India, is said to have declared that he
will never give up the fight until he has won
India
PRESIDENT HYDE, of Bowdoin College, is one
OF the best amateur lawn tennis players in the
country. He pronounceS the exercise neces-
sary to good game second only to that 10 be
found at the oar
JOHN !. BLAIR, the richest man in New Jersey
owns three railroads in Kansas, two in Missouri
and one in Iowa. Although "A years old and
worth Sl2OOO,000, he is still planning new
ey-getting projects.
JESSE GRANTS prospects for becoming the
richest member OF the Grant family are first
rate. He is largely Interested ia the iron mines
of the Lake Superior country, which promise
to be immensely valuable
Mas F. A RowLEY of Cleveland mourns the
sudden departure of her husband after two
weeks of welded bliss AS hec little fortune of
S2,OOO disappeared with him she is inclined to
Lelieve that he only married her for her money.
CoLrMBus DELANo, Gen Grants Secretary Of
the INTERIOR is still living on his farm near
Mount Vernon, O., and has preserved his vigor
wonderfully He is out of politics, bat says
that Foraker will have about 10000 majority on
light vote
JoHx r. Porter, Familiarity known as "old
Bowie-Knfe' because of his famous affair with
Gen. Roger A. Pryor in 1870, still lives on his
farm in Walwortn county, Wisconsin He is in
very comfortable circumstaEce IS, and is as genial
an old gentleman as one often meets.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE is paying a great deal of
attention TO educational matters. He says lib
eral education for the rising generation will do
more towards suppressing Anarchism than any
safeguard which can be devised by legislation
He favorS a general law of compulsory educa
ton.
SINCE Mrs. Langtry became q citizen of Cali
fornia, with the object of securing divorce,
the Superior Court of San Francisco has been
overrun with women seeking relief from matri-
monial chains. In the past four months over
200 women have begun suits for divorce in San
francisco alone
Mrs. WooLsEY SHAW, of San Jose, Cal. s
sued by her husband for the recovery of his
$4,000 estate. Mrs. Shaw is 30 years old while
her husband is ~. When the couple were mar
ried year ago the groom decided his property
10 the bride, and now he claims she is treating
him lnhumanly. He does not care for di-
vorce.
FRIENDS of Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, of Pha-
delpnia, say she was engaged to Poet Browning
for brief period two years ago The engage
ment was dissolved by mutual consent, the
American widow being too exacting in her de-
mands upon the poets time, and he being too
stilted and Independent to suit the wealthy
woman.
JOSEPH NJ DOUGLASS, of Nevada City, while
worth S5,000,0C0, is accounted the most &C.
centric miSer ON the Pacific slope. He was re-
Gently fined SlC0 and committed to Jail for
twenty four hours for contempt of court. he
served his Jail sentence but announces that he
will fight payment of the fine in every court on
the coast.
Phoebe CoUZINs, who is now United States
Marshal at st. Louis, said TO President Hayes
just after his Inauguration, that it was pity
that some women lawyer like herself was not
the Chief Justice who administered the oath To
the President. "Iu that case" calamity replied
Mr.. Hayes, II should have kissed, not the book
but the Chief Justice"
RoSCoE CoNKLISG has taken up his residence
at the Hoffman House, and now divides the at
tention Of strangers with the "Nymphs aud the
Satyr and Billy Edwards. ex-Champion pugilist
and ''bouncer' of the palatnl barroom. Mr..
Conkling no longer appears in the taultless
g1rb for which he has so long been famous. He
now wears short and heavy double breasted
pe2-jacket OF the KIND affected by sailing
masters, and black slouch hat with brim
mat cowboy might envy.